‘Jewellery is such a wonderful way to celebrate being human – this strange mess of mind and body, imagination and matter.’FLORIAN LADSTATTER
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Dr. Lakra at the Boston ICA
I took a trip up to Boston yesterday morning to visit the Dr. Lakra exhibit at the ICA. The show is only up for another week, and I’m disappointed that I didn’t get in to see it sooner because I’d…
Luckenbooth
While I was in Scotland, I discovered an interesting piece of traditional Scottish jewelry, luckenbooths. A symbol of love and devotion, luckenbooths are brooches that were given as a gift to a bride from the groom on their wedding day,…
Edinburgh Conquests…
While I was recently in Edinburgh, I visited The Antiquity Shoppe. Although I was on a specific mission to find antique coins to add to my travel bracelet, I ended up finding so many more treasures at The Antiquity Shoppe!…
Brian Jungen exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian
While I was in D.C. recently I spent a day touring the mall and the Smithsonian Museums. I’m pretty proud of myself for seeing four monuments, three museums, one gallery, and the White House (much less impressive that I’d imagined)…
Jointed Jewels by Alissia Melka-Teichroew
So, I was just perusing the internet when I cam across an amazing artist, Alissia Melka-Teichroew. Seriously, her series of jointed jewels makes my head hurt a little! Alissia seems to be part jewelery, part industrial designer, and part magician.…
Slash: Paper under the Knife
I just realized that the current exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, Slash: Paper under the Knife, is still up for a couple more months. I can’t wait to go check it out, especially…
Fishing Floats
After my most recent blog post, a friend sent me a link to information about Japanese glass fishing floats. She commented that the necklaces that I have been working on were reminiscent of the floats, and I couldn’t agree more!…
Picture Perfect Parure
On picture day in second grade, I snuck in some of my favorite jewelry to wear for my school portrait. I was immortalized wearing a necklace, a brooch, and a pair of earrings that I certainly didn’t leave the house…
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!
Yesterday I went to go see Kirsten Hassenfeld’s exhibit, Dans la Lune, at the David Winton Bell Gallery. If you couldn’t tell by the title of this post, it was pretty phenomenal! As it turns out, dans la lune is…